There were tons of things a person could do in a bathroom, but none of them seemed like something one could do with a near stranger. A frown tugged at my brow. Well, crap. I kind of sucked as a hostess.
Knox laughed softly, and I jerked my attention to him.
His brown eyes twinkled with a warm humor that had me catching my breath in awe.
He shifted closer. “When I said you weren’t like them, I meant nice.” He waved a hand in my direction. “I meant you were nice, not some kind of weird misfit.”
My mouth fell open. The expression on my face must’ve alerted him to how strongly his words affected me.
Color lit his cheeks. He cleared his throat and glanced away. “I mean, you’re not...you know.” When he flailed out his hand, I frowned, totally confused.
He cleared his throat again. “You know that day my dad dragged us all here...”
I nodded, letting him know I remembered it well.
He nodded too. “Yeah, well... Everyone in your family looked at us as if we were trash. Your mom, your dad, both your brothers. But you...you’ve never looked down on me like that. Not then, and not now.”
My lips parted. It was such a profound compliment; I didn’t know how to respond with as much flattery as he had delivered. So I mumbled, “Well, I really can’t...you know, look down on you. You’re way too tall for that.”
When he chuckled, my chest flooded with pleasure. I’d said the right thing.
“You’re funny.” Reaching out, he caught a piece of my hair and rubbed it between his fingers.
I think he liked my hair. That made me feel...warm...all over.
“Funny, pretty, and nice,” he murmured more to himself than to me. “I wasn’t expecting that.”
My mouth fell open. My head was so jumbled with crazy, crushy feelings I knew I shouldn’t be having, I had no idea how to reply.
“So, really,” he said, continuing on as if he hadn’t just flipped my world upside down. “What are we going to do to pass the time?” Strand by strand, he let my hair tumble from his fingertips before he gathered another lock and repeated the action.
When his gaze shifted to my mouth, I almost lost myself, sucked into his captivating charisma. But at the last second, I realized how crazy insane lifting up onto my toes and kissing him would be.